Facts to be Noted. The term Civil Service is used in contradistinction to Military Service. A government, so far as its subordinate offices (those filled, not by election, but by appointment) are concerned, is divided into two great branches, the civil and the military. / In this way ... can the Civil Service of the US be rendered as intelligent, as capable and as honest as its Military Service, Undated, BR. 2352, Box: 2, Folder: 11. Regional history broadsides, 6629. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. https://archives.library.cornell.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/1945815 Accessed September 04, 2026.